# Chevron Phillips and Qatar Petroleum to build petrochemical complex in Ras Laffan

Chevron Phillips Chemical and Qatar Petroleum signed an agreement to jointly develop a petrochemicals complex in Ras Laffan, Qatar. The facility will include a 1,900 KTA ethane cracker and two HDPE units with combined capacity of 1,680 KTA. Qatar Petroleum will own 70% of the joint venture.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-03-09
- Where: Ras Laffan, Qatar
- Starts operating: 2025
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1,900 KTA ethane cracker; 1,680 KTA HDPE
- Products: ethylene, high-density polyethylene (HDPE)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Qatar Petroleum](https://endata.com/companies/4638.md) (partner)
- [Chevron Phillips Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/9058.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [tradearabia.com](https://www.tradearabia.com/News/226787/Chevron-Phillips-to-build-major-ethylene-plant-in-Qatar), 2018-03-09: "Chevron Phillips Chemical Company has signed an agreement with Qatar Petroleum (QP) to jointly pursue the development, construction and operation of a petrochemicals complex in Ras Laffan region of Qatar."

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